STATISTICS OF NEW ZEALAND.
The Registrar- General has issued some statistical tables for the year ending 31st December, 1866, in anticipation of the annual volume which is compiled at his office. Prom these the following notes are taken : — - The total estimated European population of New Zealand at the end of December, 1866 (exclusive of the military and their families), was 204,134, of whom 125,080 were males, and 79,034 females. The population was distributed amongst the various provinces as follows : Auckland 50,101 Taranaki 4,626 Wellington 22,748 Hawke's Bay 4,820 Nelson 15,542 Marlborough 5,773 Canterbury 58,752 Otago ... ... Southland - 7,657 The Registrar- General, however, informsus, in a note, that this is only a rough approximate calculation of the population of the various provinces. The number of marriages estimated during the year was— Auckland, 543 ; Taranaki, 48 ; Wellington; 201 • Hawke's Bay, 56 ; Nelson, 108 ; Marlborough, 37 ; Canterbury, 511; Otago, 480; Southland, 51 ; Chatham Islands, 3 ; total, 2038. The following statistics, extending over a period of fourteen years, will shew the development of the trade of New Zealand. The imports during that time were : — 1853 £597,827 1854 891,201 1855 ... ' ... 813,460 1856 710,868 1857 992,994 1858 1,141,273 1859 "' 1,551,030 1860 1,548,333 1861 ... ... 2,493,811 1862 ... ... 4,626,082 1863 ... ... 7,024,674 1864 7,000,655 1865 ... ... 5,594,977 1866 ... ... 5,894,863 The exports during the same period were — 1853 £303,282 1854 ... ... 320,891 1855 ... ... 365,868 1856 ... ... 318,433 1857 369,394 1858 ... ... 458,023 \ 1859 ... '..". 551,484 1860 ... ... 588,953 1861 1,370,247 1862 ... ... 2,422,734 1863 ....... 3,485,405 1864 ... ... 3,401,667 1865 ... ... 3,713,218 1866 4,520,074 The value of gold exported from the colony between the Ist April, 1857, and 31st December, 1866, is £11,842,721. The following statistics shew the number of vessels and their tonnage belonging to ports of the colony in the years mentioned respectively : — Vessels. Tons. 1857 ... 186 ... 6,662 1858 ... 189 ... 6,852 1859 ... 213 ... 7,883 1860 ... 238 ... 8,527 1861 ... 252 ... 9,144 1862 ... 287 ... 10,825 1863 ... 343 ... 15,189 1864 ... 423 ... 22,573 1865 ... 461 ... 24,484 1866 ... 493 ... 26,787 The number of letters received at the several Post-offices in the colony from foreign offices, during the year 1866, was 584,461 ; newspapers, 1,166,351 ; received from other offices within the colony: — letters, 1,820,327; newspapers, 793,177. The number of letters despatched from the colony for foreign parts was 581,726 ; newspapers, 595,803. The number of newspapers despatched to offices within the colony was 1,817,708. The money orders issued during 1866 numbered 22,710, -fepreaeiitwig & Vftlue of -MQB>77B *a H
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Southland Times, Issue 726, 20 September 1867, Page 5
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390STATISTICS OF NEW ZEALAND. Southland Times, Issue 726, 20 September 1867, Page 5
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